We will miss you......!!
With telegram service
coming to an end, just heard thousands of people thronged to the telegraph
office to send the messages to their family and friends..
The once fastest mode of communication has now been taken
over by the mobile and digital space. The service has been utilized by infinite
people to convey their critical and at time the most crucial messages...would
we say its Telegrams Funeral finally!!
A gentle knock on the door and a man dressed in khakhi hand
overs an envelope containing a pink paper with a typed message carrying some
information..You know a few hearts beat faster...seriousness arouses..Its only
when you look at the body language of the khakhi man, does one realize the
content inside. Good news like an arrival of new born,,marriages,, exam results
would mean a glow in their faces which makes them eligible for a decent
bakshish !!
A faint glimpse of the khakhi man with the pencil placed at
the back of the ear meant for the recipient signature is still so vivid in my
minds... Oh God !! Can’t believe. Those days are gone !!
A service so intimately linked to a thousands and thousands
of lives and with memories that could just not vanish....As an old timer by choice
would surely miss the Telegram service.
I think that's what life is all about...Moving
on..Life,,,Objects,,,trends,,,opinions,,,everything becomes obsolete and
technology just makes u forget everything..It teaches you the importance of
time and to be practical..Yeah !! Having said this, i do appreciate the wonders
technology has bought us but of course aren’t we losing out on those human
connections ...A telegram was one of them !!
We miss you khakhi men carrying telegram !! RIP...iam sure
years to come there would soon be a day where we would use these farewell
messages for internet and sms'es too..There’s lot stored in this digitally
paced world.
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